Health

New Delhi: A person in Mexico died of bird flu in the first confirmed case of a human infected with the H5N2 variant, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The...

New Delhi: Abdominal obesity or a potbelly, is common among both men and women. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has thrown light on abdominal obesity among men and...

New Delhi: Half of all children will be afflicted with myopia or nearsightedness by 2050. This means they can see nearby objects clearly but struggle with those farther away. According...

New Delhi: Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have found a potential vaccine for malaria. Their research, published in the iScience journal by Cell Press, focuses on targeting a protein...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) for the first time, successfully conducted a Uterine Artery Embolisation (UAE) procedure on an obese woman suffering from multiple uterine fibroids and...

As a nation, we are obsessed with milk and milk products. From the time we are born till the end of our lives, we are convinced that milk and milk...

New Delhi: In a bizarre case of medical negligence, a doctor at Kozhikode Medical College in Kerala operated on a four-year-old’s tongue instead of the finger. He was suspended after...

New Delhi: Whether it is electric, gas or hybrid cars, people are breathing in cancer-causing chemicals when they're in their car, a new research has found. For the study, published...

New Delhi: AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha recently had a vitrectomy surgery in London to prevent retinal detachment in his eye. He underwent emergency eye care surgery...

New Delhi: Researchers have found enough evidence to establish a link between a spike in traffic noise and the risk of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack. Researchers are calling for...